Chapter 3331 — Carrying Another Person on His Back
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"Ahem... well... it's actually because the Ice Palace Mistress, under Deputy Mistress Feng's influence, has taken a liking to these high-tech gadgets..." Manager Li explained. He knew of Wei Zhao's relationship with Feng Xiaoxiao, and so saw no need to hide it.
"Oh." Wei Zhao nodded.
The call on Manager Li's end connected just then, and Bingtang's voice came through: "Manager Li, what is it?"
"Mistress, Young Hero Lin Wei Zhao has arrived at our Ice Spirit Inn. He is on his way to the Ice Palace. Would you like to welcome him in person?" Manager Li asked cautiously.
"Who's come? Wei Zhao?" Bingtang was startled, never expecting Wei Zhao to actually come to the Ice Palace. But then a flare of embarrassment and indignation rose in her. Was Wei Zhao coming to show off in front of her? She thought of how she had once promised Wei Zhao that, once he possessed the strength of the peak of the late Heaven rank or above, or became a first-grade Mystic-rank alchemist, she would be his tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny wife.
But now Wei Zhao had come—did he mean to make her honor that promise? Bingtang naturally knew of what had happened at the Night Palace. He had instantly slain an expert of the peak of the late Heaven rank, so although Wei Zhao's rank was only mid Heaven rank at present, judging by the strength he had displayed, he already possessed power at or above the peak of the late Heaven rank—otherwise how could he have instantly killed an expert of that caliber?
And so Bingtang naturally assumed Wei Zhao had come to boast, and to make her go and welcome him? In his dreams! Hmph! Don't think I don't know who Gu Mengyao, the Mistress of the Night Palace, is. Getting her to spread a rumor for you—is that so hard?
The more Bingtang thought about it, the angrier she became: "Welcome him? Not just no welcome—I won't even see him!"
With that, Bingtang hung up, leaving Manager Li standing there all innocence and nerves. Was this the way to offend Wei Zhao? But... if you offend Wei Zhao, it's me who has to face him!
She's landed me in it but good, yet Manager Li did not dare complain. He could only look at Wei Zhao with a bitter smile. "Young Hero Lin, the Mistress is... otherwise occupied..."
"That's all right, I heard everything. Lead the way—take me to the Ice Palace." Wei Zhao waved a hand, entirely unbothered. Bingtang was an old acquaintance, after all. Her domineering manner and contempt back then had irked him somewhat, but she had helped him more than once, and their relationship was fairly close, so naturally he would not be angry over this.
"Very well..." Manager Li breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed Wei Zhao was still quite easy to deal with.
Only, Manager Li found it rather odd. Last time Wei Zhao came, he had been carrying someone on his back—and that person was now the Ice Palace's Deputy Mistress. This time he had come carrying someone again. Had Wei Zhao developed a craving for carrying people? Every time he visited the Ice Palace he brought someone along? Or did he carry someone on his back whenever he went out? What sort of habit was that?
Be that as it may, Manager Li did not dare ask. He walked carefully ahead, leading Wei Zhao toward the Ice Palace.
This was not Wei Zhao's first visit to the Ice Palace, though last time, because of the strength of his party, they had not taken the shortest route.